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| Title |
The advantages and disadvantages of horizontal gene transfer and the emergence of the first species
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Biology Direct, January 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6150-6-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Aaron A Vogan, Paul G Higgs |
| Abstract |
Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) is beneficial to a cell if the acquired gene confers a useful function, but is detrimental if the gene has no function, if it is incompatible with existing genes, or if it is a selfishly replicating mobile element. If the balance of these effects is beneficial on average, we would expect cells to evolve high rates of acceptance of horizontally transferred genes, whereas if it is detrimental, cells should reduce the rate of HGT as far as possible. It has been proposed that the rate of HGT was very high in the early stages of prokaryotic evolution, and hence there were no separate lineages of organisms. Only when the HGT rate began to fall, would lineages begin to emerge with their own distinct sets of genes. Evolution would then become more tree-like. This phenomenon has been called the Darwinian Threshold. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 218 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 3% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 202 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 53 | 24% |
| Student > Bachelor | 30 | 14% |
| Researcher | 27 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 23 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 6% |
| Other | 36 | 17% |
| Unknown | 37 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 88 | 40% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 38 | 17% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 12 | 6% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 6 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 25 | 11% |
| Unknown | 44 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 February 2024.
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#3,621,629
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Outputs from Biology Direct
#140
of 537 outputs
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#21,395
of 190,627 outputs
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#2
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